The other teams in Africa’s top 10 are Algeria (79th), Morocco (81st), Tunisia (82nd) and Egypt (89th).

World champions, USA toppled Germany, who finished fourth in Canada, to become world number one. Germany are now ranked second, followed by France, Japan and England, who are in the third, fourth and fifth positions.

Brazil moved one place up to sixth, Sweden dropped two places to seventh, Korea maintained their eight spot, while Australia and Norway moved up to fill the ninth and 10th positions.

World Cup hosts Canada have dropped three places to 11th after earning just two wins in five games against lesser-ranked teams.